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Science Predictions for 2007
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PopSci Predicts, The Year Ahead: we'll get a vaccine for addiction, debate the future of nuclear power, use new tech to take on water shortages, and—just maybe—find an extra dimension or two.
- The Answer Machine Arrives: The world’s most powerful physics laboratory will take on questions we can’t yet imagine. The subatomic collisions at the LHC could solve many long-standing mysteries of the universe.
- The Year's Top 5 Space Launches: This year's five shuttle missions to the ISS will increase the facility’s size by 30 percent.
- Stem Cells Grow Up: New research into adult cells may reenergize therapeutic research. The ability to create embryonic stem cells from adult cells could transform the science.
- Fighting Water Woes: As global shortages grow, the U.S. turns to high-tech solutions. A growing population's demand for water has dried up the supply across the West.
- The (Not So) New Nuclear: Despite resurgent interest in nuclear power, novel plant designs stall. New plants will improve safety (shown here, a test reactor used to develop safer materials) but won’t incorporate the smartest new technology.
- Meet Carbon’s Evil Cousin, Methane: A new understanding of permafrost melt could soon alter global-climate models. See the photo of Methane release, as from this Siberian lake, could influence climate change.
- Addiction on the Brain: From vaccines to versatile drugs, new cures are all about chemistry. See the photos of Brain scans show that many forms of addiction—including compulsive behaviors like gluttony—have the same roots in the brain.
Want To Win in 2007? Get Innovating Build a Flying Car, Run a Space Elevator, Invent a Robo-Vehicle or Track an Asteroid.
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